Is there anything more dispiriting than spending a whole lot of money and having nothing at the end to show for it? For example, a couple of grand on your car, just so it will run right again. Or a few large at the dentist just to get some stupid thing fixed with your damn teeth. Or all that money you paid the plumber to find the water mains leaks.
All that hard-earned money forked over, and you’re just where you were before the car broke down and the drive flooded. Where’s the joy in that? At least with new shoes there’s something nice to look at, am I right?
Clearly this has also been the view of many of our elected city and borough councils for many decades, because you absolutely would not believe how much money has not been spent on drains and pipes that no bastard can see.
